How It Works

CHARITYSMITH is a registered 501(c)3 public charity that helps you easily start a memorial fund, memorial scholarship, or charitable fund in full accordance with federal law and tax requirements. Monies raised can be used toward scholarships and grants, medical research, or donated to families in need. You decide.

It’s Easy To Donate

Make a donation to any of our memorial funds by phone, mail, or online with PayPal. Your gift honors a life, and helps others in their name. All donations are tax deductible and in full accordance with federal tax laws. Click below and donate today!

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CHARITYSMITH has created and currently administers over 100 memorial funds. In 2014, the legacies they honor live on, with over $500,000 distributed in scholarships grants, medical research, and help for families in need. Join us, and keep the love alive with a CHARITYSMITH memorial fund.

About CHARITYSMITH

CHARITYSMITH was established in 1994 by Brooks H. Rohlen, MD as the Douglas F. Smith Memorial Foundation (DFSMF). This initial memorial foundation gave a scholarship each year to a student, artist, or athlete.

Over the years, the foundation appreciated the need for an efficient method to create a memorial in honor of a loved one. Subsequently, our mission evolved to what it is today — creating and administering memorial funds for others. For those who feel inspired to do so, CHARITYSMITH offers a simple and expedient pathway to start a memorial fund. By contributing to the lives of others, we remember and honor the lives of those who have passed.

Testimonials

Finding CHARITYSMITH was a gift for me. After a personal tragedy, they made it easy for me to start a foundation to honor my son. Amazing work!

Pam Moules, administrator for Jonathan Moules Steps4Hope Foundation

CHARITYSMITH was such a help to us when we wanted to set up a scholarship fund in honor of my sister who had just passed away. People were eager to donate and we needed something done quickly. The fund was set up within a week of contacting CHARITYSMITH and the website was ready to take donations – it was that simple.

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From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing I do know: that we are here for the sake of each other, above all, for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of others, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received and am still receiving.”